The honor goes to Rep. Paul Ryan, the Wisconsin Republican. He recently accused President Obama of wanting to raise tax rates while also eliminating deductions. Here's the quote that Kessler checks out: "The president say he wants to eliminate deductions, but he also wants to raise rates. That includes raising the top rate to 44.8 percent. "

Kessler does note, however, that "only a small number of taxpayers would be affected by this, of course.
Most Americans would see little change in their taxes, as they would
keep paying the Bush tax rates."

Next up, we have a statement from House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, who called the United States "the Saudi Arabia of coal."

He didn't make out quite as well as Ryan, but he was pretty close. PolitiFact National gave him a Mostly True.

The site says that Cantor is mostly right in that the U.S. has the world's largest coal reserves. That said, we've fallen "far behind China in terms of coal production, and the United States is behind several other nations in exporting coal." Those details are enough to keep him from getting an out-and-out True.

One step down the Truth-O-Meter is Chrysler Group CEO Sergio Marchionne who said recently that ""Less than two years ago, we made a commitment to repay the U.S. and
Canadian taxpayers in full, and today we made good on that promise."

Yes, the site says, the company repaid the loans it received two years ago. But there's still a matter of some $2 billion that was given to the "old" Chrysler and got "wiped out in bankruptcy. ... We doubt taxpayers care much
about the distinctions in corporate titles. The government has now
gotten most of its money back, but not all of it. Not yet anyway."

Back at the Washington Post, Kessler offers up another check -- this one coming in at the other end of his truth-rating scale. Rep. Michele Bachmann, the Minnesota Republican who frequently makes waves, recently launched a web ad that asserts "President Obama has announced his support of returning Israel and Palestine to the pre-war border of 1967."

Here's what he has to say: "Bachmann has taken a semblance of (the president's) words and twisted them far beyond
their original meaning. Obama said the 1967 lines should be the basis
for negotiations — not that they would form the final border, as her ad
claims."

That's about it for today. If you're still hankering for some more checks, here are two quick hits:

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